Isn’t it cute? I’m not the biggest surround-sound fanatic, but I think that if I wanted to wire my media center up, I’d want speakers like this: compact and attractive. I’m consistently surprised by the sound small form-factor speakers can create, so I have no doubt these things would be up to my (admittedly not audiophile) standards. Each satellite has a 65mm and 13mm driver for mids and highs respectively, and while the 8-inch, 100W sub won’t be busting any windows, it should be quite sufficient for a contained space.
The design of the SoundWare XS 5.1 speakers is very understated and allows for placement at those special angles home media people seem to love so much. At $500 they’re in the budget-midrange area, so they’re worth a look if you’re fixing up a room but don’t want to overwhelm it with big chunky speakers. They’ll be available in July 2009. Wait, that’s now!
My old bose acoustimass set is due for an update so I will check these out.
Man those are pretty sweet speakers. I would love to have those instead of the Logitech ones I have now.
http://ziggytek.com/